What will companies to executives: the ability to motivate others "beat" personal performance

Ability to motivate and inspire others is more important for companies and board of directors when choosing a chief executive than his ability to perform consistently shown in a study by executive search IIC Partners.

Research shows that 68% of respondents said that they put first the ability to motivate employees, while only only 26% of organizations that focus on sustained performance of executives.

Also listed among the qualities that should characterize a CEO include the ability to manage change (51%), ability to identify and develop talent (46%) and capacity for innovation.

"Knowledge does not necessarily keep the leaders in pzitia they handle. The key to success of a manager involves strong values, developed emotional intelligence, the ability to inspire and motivate others by driving style," said Radu Manolescu, managing partner at executive search company KMTrust & Partners.

Also, the study shows that organizations are increasingly looking to form teams of execution that includes external candidates, not just people already in the company. The average team consists of internal candidates (45%), external candidates (38%) and another division of the parent company (17%).

"Companies around the world are investing more and more in developing internal leadership positions and in Bucharest, things are the same. Organization do a good job in preparing employees for management and efficient integration of external talent "said Radu Manolescu.

In general, companies with fewer than 500 employees in the areas of energy, utilities and financial services, are those who choose to continue to rely more on employees of the company than the external supply.

Cat has a CEO running a company

Organizations look different expectations regarding the term of office of the executive, but the average rises to seven years. If the American continent during rising from 7.9 years in the Asia Pacific reached only 5.9 years. Meanwhile, the average duration in the EMEA region remains a company executive is seven years.

The study shows that this period also vary by industry. For example, professional services executives remain the longest period of time (8.1 years) and less in the pharmaceutical industry (5.7 years old) and the consumer goods (6.1 years).

"Employee retention is a concern for businesses around the world and in Bucharest, we see the first steps in changing the corporate mentality in this area. Taking into consideration that tomorrow's leaders tend to change jobs more frequently compared to previous generations, and expectations regarding length of stay in the company of an executive change, "noted Manolescu.

Women versus Men

When it comes to candidates like a team execution, 57% of respondents consider "important" and "very important" component to it.

The genus is especially important among EMEA companies (62%), while fewer companies in the Asia-Pacific put accept this aspect (48%).

Currently, teams are formed in general execution of men (75%) and fewer women (25%). However, four of the 10 companies expected to increase the number of women in executive positions in the next three years.

The study was conducted at the end of 2013, based on the answers of 1,270 respondents (senior executives) from 18 different industries.

KMTrust & Partners is an executive search company based in Bucharest. The company operates mainly in the areas of retail, IT & C, B2B, pharmaceutical industry and it is a member of IIC Parners, an organization with 48 offices in 34 countries.